Guess Who I Found In Denver? By George Davis
Who is this guy? As I questioned him I learned some very interesting information. He graduated in 1960. He spent two years in the Army and served in Viet Nam. Soon after arriving in Viet Nam, he was assigned to operate a bulldozer. He was working one day and his sergeant let out a loud yell ―get off the Cat, they‗re shooting at you‖. He dove off and buried himself under the dozer. He said, ―this place is dangerous‖!! After the tour with Uncle Sam, he married a girl (Joyce) from the other team (Skippers). He went to work for IBM. During his time with IBM he worked at the Boulder plant and later transferred to Texas. In the late 90‘s he retired from IBM and decided Colorado was a great place to live. He bought a home in Peyton, CO. After a few years he got bored with retirement. He bought a truck and is doing custom hauling around his community. Who is this Guy?? I think it might be Frank Tegtman. Yeah, it is Frank.
Marcella Davis Class Rep for 1957 Wow, has it been 5 years since we had our class reunion? At the last reunion we had a great time catching up on 45 years. This reunion is going to be bigger and better and we don't want to miss it. Looking forward to seeing each of you.... Just to let you know what is going on in my life. I recently returned from a trip to California and Oregon. While in Oregon I and 4 other people ranging in age from 65-75 hiked the Rogue River Wilderness Area. We hiked approximately 40 miles in 4 days hiking from lodge to lodge. The first day was the hardest, hiking 12 miles, it was hot and dry, but we made it. We were even able to raft half a day. I had promised myself years ago that I would never raft again, but there I was with no choice except to hike 22 miles, guess what I chose. Actually, this experience was much better than the Arkansas River in Colorado. I have hiked for years and have hiked most of the Colorado Trail, total mileage is 500 miles. I have been blessed and been able to do a lot of traveling. I have found that life is good if you work at making it that way. One of the main things is to have a good attitude regardless of all the set backs that comes into ones life. Actually, set backs are good if we come out of them a BETTER Person rather than a BITTER Person, as we all know it is up to us how we handle problems. See you soon!!!! Dear Marilyn, We saw in the paper that you were planning a PVHS reunion. We would very much like to attend, health permitting. We were in the class of 1945 - a long time ago. Bless you for doing the planning - we will watch the paper for dates, etc. Thank you. Albert and Esther Becker
Memories by Richard Ishida Hi Classmates of Prospect Valley High School Had a short telephone visit with Sherry (Sargent) Stickle, expressing how delightful it was to read the newsletter and see some faces of former classmates. We talked about various topics from who was coming to the reunion, each of whom I am very excited to see and visit with, to the changes that have taken place in the community. One of the changes that residents of this area want to keep open and not lose, for various reasons, is the Prospect Valley School which was an elementary school at the time of its closure. The Principal at that time was Mr. Bill Knies, a wonderful person, who now resides somewhere in Arizona. Oh yes, Mr. Wayne Ball lives in Greeley, for those of you who had him for Ag. I, II, III and IV. Reminds me about the time when those of us enrolled in Ag. had to go over to Dewey Wagner's place to castrate the young pigs he was raising. Once the class and Mr. Ball arrived and walked to where the young male pigs were, Mr. Ball proceeded to show the class how to lay the young pig on its back in the “V” shaped cradle that was at hand in the pig pen; hold a testicle between your thumb and index finger with one hand and in the other hand, guess what? Yes, the, hopefully, sharp Knife. Mr. Ball showed the class in attendance how to do the process to its completion. Next, it was each of our turn to illustrate that we knew what and how to do this new experience. Now the thing that made this lesson so funny was what happened when it was Kenny Zimbelman’s turn and he was given the Knife. You will need to ask when we see you at the REUNION! With the closing of the Prospect Valley School, the thing that was, and is still, part of this school and community is the mascot, the Red Cardinal. It became the mascot for the new charter school which the residents of the Prospect Valley, Keenesburg, Roggen and Hudson communities organized and had built on donated ground from Mike Coan. The new charter school is on WCRd 65 about two miles south of Hwy 52 in Prospect Valley. It started with grades K-6 with 20 or less students in each grade level. Today, the school has a gym and the addition of 7th and 8th grades. There are students on a waiting list to attend because the maximum enrollment is 20 per grade level. The name of this school is Cardinal Community Charter School with a painted sign on it showing a red Cardinal that is not so quiet or calm looking, but one who has a fighting spirit of survival, like the one illustrated on the Newsletter. Hope to see all of you, my classmates, and others, of course, at the get-together for these few days of the rest of our lives….Keep safe, healthy, happy and cool!!! A song comes to mind entitled “Memories.” Whether all the lyrics might relate I don’t know, but its first few words do. Anyway, see you later and hope to hear from you soon….